The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Leah Garcia Nampeyo

1928 Born

1974 Died

 BIOGRAPHY

Leah Garcia Nampeyo, a Hopi/Tewa potter, was a daughter of Fannie Nampeyo and a granddaughter of Nampeyo.  She was most active from 1945 to 1974 producing polychrome pots in the Nampeyo family tradition.

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

Jacka, Jerry D. and Lois Essary Jacka. Art of the Hopi: Contemporary Journeys on Ancient Pathways. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishers, 1998. 

Schaaf, Gregory and Richard Howard, ed. Hopi-Tewa Pottery: 500 Artist Biographies. Santa Fe, MN: Center for Indigenous Arts and Culture Printers, 1998.

 

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks
ca 1965
Jar
Date: ca 1965
Materials: Earthenware
Method: Coiled
Surface Technique: Polychrome
Crocker Art Museum, Gift of Loren G. Lipson
Crocker Art Museum, Gift of Loren G. Lipson

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Tags

Polacca, Arizona, Hopi, Tewa, Native American

 

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